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Written by Andrew Cristancho/Tahoe World - View Profile
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Tuesday, 16 October 2007 |
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I love animated movies and being a dad gives me an excuse to watch them. Lots of them. Lets see...The Ant Bully? 2 times, Shrek? 15 times, Nemo? Lets just say I can quote most of the movie — which puts me at odds with many of you movie quoters out there.
While you say “ If we went to a Halloween party dressed as Batman and Robin, I'd go as Robin. That's how much you mean to me... ” (Blades of Glory quote); I’m saying “just keep swimming, just keep swimming,” (Nemo quote).
One thing I’ve noticed about parents and kids who watch animated movies — we’re all hypocrites. I don’t mean to insult anyone working hard to raise a family, so let me explain.
How many of you have some poor captive goldfish or even worse clownfish trapped inside a glass bowl at home? Have you watched Nemo? His dad is looking for him and swims across the entire Great Barrier Reef to find him. They are reunited only when the human is outsmarted. Is your gold fish outsmarting you? No, and he’s not going anywhere. And you know what? His dad is probably looking for him right now.
Wait before you go flushing “Gil” down the toilet to reunite him with his brethren let me hit you with another example that’ll really hit home here in Tahoe.
 The Ant Bully: A fun 2006 release in which a little boy, known as the annihilator by the ants and Lucas by his parents, likes to kill ants. The annihilator is somehow shrunk down to ant size and trained by the ants in the ant way of life. In miniature, Lucas learns the value of friendship and teamwork from the ants, which apparently none of his human counterparts modeled for him. I loved those ants. The message of the movie? We can coexist with all creatures great and small.
But come spring in Tahoma, big fat carpenter ants come to roost in my house’s 30 year-old roof tunneling their way into the wood and if I don’t call the exterminator they get worse.
So unlike the annihilator I don’t just put a hose down some ant hill, I call in the big guns and have some guy spray a chemical that destroys the ant’s nervous system and causes them to die a slow painful death. So much for coexistence.
I know the movies are fantasy and carpenter ants in Tahoma are a reality.
Still — I don’t think I’ll buy any new goldfish for a while.
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